The tool "Roxer". Instructions for use

The drug "Roxer" is prescribed for primary hypercholesterolemia (type 2a, including family heterozygous type), mixed hypercholesterolemia (2b) as an addition to the diet in case of insufficient therapeutic effect from other non-medicamentous effects (weight loss, exercise). The drug is used in conjunction with cholesterol lowering diet.

The tool "Roxer". Instructions for use. Pharmacokinetics

Bioavailability of the drug is 20%. When eating, absorption decreases. The medicine penetrates the placental barrier. Accumulation takes place in the liver. Metabolized about ten percent of the dose.

Medication "Roxer". Instructions for use. Contraindications

Do not prescribe medicine for liver pathologies in the active stage (including with increasing the functioning of transaminases or increasing their level more than three times compared with the upper threshold of the norm). Contraindications include renal dysfunction of pronounced type, pregnancy, myopathy, lactation period. The "Roxer" medication is not recommended for use with the simultaneous administration of cyclosporine. Do not prescribe medication to women in their reproductive age, who do not use adequate contraceptives. A remedy is not recommended until eighteen years.

The medicine of "Roxer". Instructions for use. Side effects

The medication provokes paresthesia, neuralgia, insomnia. On the basis of treatment, dizziness, nausea, constipation, asthenic syndrome, anxiety may occur. Negative manifestations include dyspepsia, abdominal pain, pharyngitis. The medication causes pneumonia, dyspnea, bronchitis, cough, rhinitis, bronchial asthma. On the basis of treatment, there is vasodilation, increased blood pressure, myalgia, palpitation, arthritis, arthralgia. To the negative consequences of taking the drug "Roxer" instructions for use include angioedema, skin rash, itching, infections in the urinary tract, soreness in the lower abdomen. In a number of cases, peripheral puffiness (shins, ankles, legs and hands), back pain, muscle hypertonicity, anemia, diabetes mellitus, influenza-like syndrome, ecchymosis, periodontal abscess.

The tool "Roxer". Instructions for use

Tablets are taken orally, not chewed, swallowing whole. Admission is allowed regardless of food in any half of the day. The initial dosage is 10 mg once a day. On the instructions of a specialist, the amount of the drug can be increased to 20 mg after a month of admission. Increasing the dosage to 40 milligrams is allowed only under the supervision of a doctor. For patients with predisposition to the onset of myopathy, the initial amount is 5 mg.

The tool "Roxer". Instructions. Price

The cost of the medicine is about 400 rubles.

additional information

In case of overdose, there is an increase in negative manifestations. Symptomatic treatment is prescribed . Antidote does not exist. Against the background of poisoning, hemodialysis is ineffective.